When I log into Ubuntu, I am prompted every time to: Enter Password for Default Keyring to Unlock I want to avoid this step since I am the only person using this machine and I see no reason to have any password protection. Is there an easy way to turn this off so I can…
On Ubuntu, When trying to open Firefox it is saying that it is already running but not responding. I am on a system where I dont have access to view the root. I have had this issue before and fixed it but I dont remember how. I know before I had to delete a file…
I’m using Windows 10 x64 Pro and I’m unable to preview or install fonts. When I try to preview a font (double click or Right Click >> Preview), I get an error message that reads “The requested file <font file> is not a valid font file” as shown in the screenshot below: When I try…
When I run top -c command on my UNIX box I get the output below: top – 03:09:34 up 5 days, 6:14, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00Tasks: 175 total, 1 running, 174 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombieCpu(s): 0.2%us, 0.0%sy, 1.0%ni, 98.3%id, 0.2%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.3%stMem: 8089600k total, 7953908k used, 135692k free, 271956k buffersSwap:…
How do I uninstall Deep Freeze manually using registry? Solution: I’ve been using Deep Freeze for a while, and I never uninstalled it with the registry. It seems to have a way to do this anyway – see How to manually uninstall Deep Freeze. You can also read more in How To Uninstall Deep Freeze…
This morning I upgraded my system to Windows 10 2004, the upgrade went smooth and was through Windows Update. I am using Hyper-V as my virtualization program for virtual machines and to provide extra layer of protection to the system through core isolation. After the upgrade, I noticed that a new Virtual Switch was created…
I have a bash file with the following commands to copy books from my books folder into my toread / Read Later folder find /books -name ‘*.pdf’ -exec cp -n {} /toread ;find /books -name ‘*.epub’ -exec cp -n {} /toread ;find /books -name ‘*.azw*’ -exec cp -n {} /toread ;find /books -name ‘*.mobi’ -exec…
How do I set up SSH so I don’t have to type my password when connecting to a host? Solution: Generate a SSH key (if you don’t have one) If you happen to use GNOME, the seahorse application (“Passwords and Encryption Keys”) can do it for you: File -> New -> Secure Shell Key. If…
I want to append new data in a file stored in SSD. dd if=/dev/shm/test of=/data/sdb/test bs=1G oflag=append But df -h shows the dd command always overwrite the test file, instead appends new data in the test file. I also tried dd if=/dev/shm/test of=/data/sdb/test bs=1G conv=notrunc It does not work, either. Solution: What about: dd if=/dev/shm/test…
I am trying to create an aliases in bash. What I want to do is map ls -la to ls -la | more In my .bashrc file this is what I attempted: alias ‘ls -la’=’ls -la | more’ However it does not work because (I assume) it has spaces in the alias name. Is there…
